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LNER Gresley "V1" Class 2-6-2T


Class Types
LNER Class V1

General
Designer Sir Nigel Gresley
Introduced 1930
Grouping Company London and North Eastern Railway
Description (1957) Class V1 & V3. Gresley 5'8" 3-cylinder 2-6-2T's, 92 engines built between 1932 and 1939. The last 10 were built new with higher boiler pressure and classified V3, but are identical in appearance with the later locomotives of class V1. Certain engines of class V1 have been rebuilt as class V3.
Wheel Arrangement 2-6-2T
Number Built as V1 82
First in Service 09/1930
Last in Service 11/1964
Manufacturers
ManufacturerTotal
Doncaster Works 1
Orders
BuilderSponsorOrder #DateSize
Doncaster Works  319 01/1929 10
Doncaster Works  320 01/1929 10
Doncaster Works  321 01/1929 8
Doncaster Works  324 12/1929 6
Doncaster Works  333 11/1933 10
Doncaster Works  335 11/1933 10
Doncaster Works  337 03/1935 8
Doncaster Works  344 11/1936 10
Doncaster Works  345 11/1936 10

Power
Variant Introduced 1930

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Boiler & Firebox